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The Land of the Miamis
An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812

The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812

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THE LAND OF THE MIAMIS





By Elmore Barce

Member of the State and National Bar Associations
Member Indiana State Historical Society
Author "Land of the Potawatomi"





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An Account of the Struggle to
Secure Possession of the North-West
from the End of the Revolution until 1812.





Fowler, Indiana
THE BENTON REVIEW SHOP
1922





Copyrighted, 1922, by the
Benton Review Shop, Fowler, Ind.


Photos and Maps by
Lieut. Don Heaton





Dedicated to

CARRIE MAY BARCE

My Wife.







TABLE OF CONTENTS

A BRIEF RETROSPECT—A general view of the Indian Wars of the Early Northwest 1
WHAT THE VIRGINIANS GAVE US—A topographical description of the country north of the Ohio at the close of Revolutionary War 6
THE BEAVER TRADE—A description of the wealth in furs of this section at the close of the Revolutionary War and the reasons underlying the struggle for its control 12
THE PRAIRIE AND THE BUFFALO—The buffalo as the main food supply of the Indians 20
THE WABASH AND THE MAUMEE—Chief line of communication with the tribes of the Early Northwest. The heart of the Miami country 34
THE TRIBES OF THE NORTHWEST—A description of the seven tribes of savages who opposed the advance of settlement in the Northwest. Their location. Kekionga, the seat of Miami power 44
REAL SAVAGES—The Savage painted in his true colors from the standpoint of the frontiersman 68
OUR INDIAN POLICY—The Indian right of occupancy recognized through the liberal policy of Washington and Jefferson 80
THE KENTUCKIANS—The first men to break through the mountain barriers to face the British and the Indians 112
THE BRITISH POLICIES—The British reluctant to surrender the control of the Northwest—Their tampering with the Indian tribes 126
JOSIAH HARMAR—The first military invasion of the Northwest by the Federal Government after the Revolution 145
SCOTT AND WILKINSON—The Kentucky raids on the Miami country along the Wabash in 1791 173
ST. CLAIR'S DEFEAT—The first great disaster to the Federal armies brought about by the Miamis 195
WAYNE AND FALLEN TIMBERS—Final triumph of the Government over Indians and British 207
THE TREATY OF GREENVILLE—The surrender of the Ohio lands of the Miamis and their final submission to the government 238
GOVERNOR HARRISON AND THE TREATY—Purchase of the Miami lands known as the New Purchase which led to the strengthening of Tecumseh's Confederacy—the final struggle at Tippecanoe 245
RESULTS OF THE TREATY—Harrison's political enemies at Vincennes rally against him in the open, and are defeated in the courts 271
THE SHAWNEE BROTHERS—The Prophet as an Indian priest and Tecumseh as a political organizer —The episode of the eclipse of 1806—Tecumseh's personal appearance described 280
PROPHET'S TOWN—The capital of the Shawnee Confederacy in the heart of the Miami Country 295
HARRISON'S VIGILANCE—His political courage and activities save the frontier capital 305
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